Printed Citation Examples (based on MLA 6th edition) Books Author, none
(The Lottery. London: J. Watts, 1932. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year. Author, one (Citation Maker)
Scieszka, Jon. The Stinky Cheese Man. New York: Viking, 1992.
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year. Author, anonymous The Song of Roland. Trans. Frederick Bliss Luquines. New York: Macmillan, 1960. Title of Book. [Translator (if any).] City: Publisher, Copyright Year. Author, more than one work by the same author
Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun. New York: Random House, 1959.
---. To Be Young, Gifted and Black. Ed. Robert Nemiroff. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1969.
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year. Authors, two (Citation Maker)
Hopper, Henry, and Peter Gwunn. Fun With Physics. New York: Harper & Row, 1997.
Author1’s Last Name, Author1’s First Name, and Author2’s First Name Author2’s Last Name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year. Authors, three or more
Adams, Brian, et. al. Encyclopedia of Great Civilizations. New York: Shooting Star Press, 1994.
Author1’s Last Name, Author1’s First Name, et. al. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year. Corporate authorship
Committee on Research. Reports on Selected Topics. New York: The Academy of Sciences, 1997.
Name of Corporation or Organization. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year. Chapter of a book
Lowe, Justin. "First Lady Bloopers." Tales of the White House. Ed. Mary Benton. Baltimore: Viking Press, 1996.
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. "Chapter Title." Title of Book. [Editor, if any.] City: Publisher, Copyright Year. Quotation, as quoted in a book
Symington, Stuart. As quoted in Victor Marchetti and John D. Marks. The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence. New York: Knopf, 1974.
Last Name, First Name of person being quoted. As quoted in [Author(s) of book]. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year. Edition of a book
Keith, Harold. Sports and Games. 6th ed. Scranton, PA: Crowell, 1976.
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title of Book. edition. City: Publisher, Copyright Year. Editor, one (Citation Maker)
Bevington, David, ed. The Complete Works of Shakespeare. 3rd ed. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1980.
Editor’s Last Name, Editor’s First Name, ed. Title of Book. [edition, if any.] City: Publisher, Copyright Year. Editor, two
Sherrod, Jane, and Kurt Singer, eds. Folk Tales of Mexico. Minneapolis, MN: T.S. Denison & Co., 1969.
Editor1’s Last Name, Editor1’s First name, and Editor2’s First Name Editor2’s Last Name, eds. Title of Book. [edition, if any.] City: Publisher, Copyright Year. Editor, three or more
Editors of Time-Life. Ancient Superstitions. Mysteries of the Unknown. New York: Time-Life Inc., 1991.
[Editorial Group.] or [Editor1’s Last Name, Editor1’s First name, et. al., eds.] Title of Book. [edition, if any.] City: Publisher, Copyright Year. Anthology or Story Collection
Chase, Richard. “Old-Christmas Eve.” Grandfather Tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. 58-60.
Author’s Last Name, Author's First name. "Title of Story." Title of Anthology. City: Publisher, Copyright Year. Pages. Encyclopedia article with author (Citation Maker)
Gillingham, John. "Norman Conquest." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1998 ed.
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Encyclopedia Title. edition. Encyclopedia article without author
"Folk Music." Encyclopedia Americana. 1997 ed.
"Title of Article." Encyclopedia Title. edition.
Periodicals Magazine article
Crickmer, Barry. "Can We Control Spending?" Nation's Business Apr. 1993: 22-24.
"A Long Smoldery Summer?" Science News 21 June 1994: 28-31.
[Author's Last Name, Author's First Name.] "Title of Article." Magazine Title Date of Magazine: Pages. Newspaper article (Citation Maker)
Bryant, Alice Franklin. "Our Role In The U.N." Letter to the Editor. Oregonian 15 Dec. 1997: B7, cols. 6-7.
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." [if Letter to the Editor, include that information]. Name of Newspaper [City if local and not in Newspaper Name] Date of Newspaper: Section and Page, columns. SIRS Notebook article (or other loose-leaf collection of articles)
Freedman, Daniel G. "Ethnic Differences in Babies." Human Nature Jan. 1978: 36-43. Ethnic Groups. Ed. Eleanor Goldstein. Vol. 1. Boca Raton: SIRS, 1980. Art. 83.
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Date of Magazine: Pages. [Title of Loose-Leaf Volume in which article is reprinted. Editor (if any), Volume Number (if any). City: Publisher, Year. Article Number.]
First, list the article's original publication information. Then list the publication information for the loose-leaf volume in which the article is reprinted (shown in square brackets).
Electronic Citation Examples (based on MLA 6th edition)
Online Databases These are services that your school or library subscribes to. Encyclopedia or other reference book article (Citation Maker)
“Chiru.” Funk and Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia. 2002. EBSCO Publishing. Marshfield High School Lib., Coos Bay, OR. 15 Apr. 2003 <http://search.epnet.com/>.
[Author's Last Name, First Name.] “Title of Article.” Title of Encyclopedia or Reference Book. Copyright Year. Service Provider. Subscribing Library or Organization, City, State. Date of Visit to Site <URL of article>. Magazine or newspaper article (Citation Maker) (or scholarly journal)
Schaller, George B. “Realm of the Snow Antelope.” Natural History May 1996: 48. MAS Ultra – School Edition. EBSCOhost. South Eugene High School Lib., Eugene, OR. 15 Apr. 2003 <http://search.epnet.com/>.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Original Source of Article (magazine or newspaper name) Date of Original Source: Pages. Database Title. Service Provider. Subscribing Library or Organization, City, State. Date of Visit to Site <URL of article>.
If the URL for the article is too long, you can simply give the URL for the database Search page (as in the example above).
Internet Encyclopedia or other reference book article on the Web (Citation Maker)
“Edison, Thomas Alva.” Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 17 Dec. 2003 <http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/e/edison-t1.asp/>.
“Cambodia.” CIA World Factbook. 1997. Central Intelligence Agency. 12 June 1998 <http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ country-frame.html>.
Edwards, Bruce L. “C.S. Lewis: A Modest Literary Biography.” Online Literary Criticism Collection. Internet Public Library. 14 Apr. 2003 <http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/ref/litcrit/litcrit.out>.
“Fresco Painting.” Encyclopædia Britannica. 2003. Encyclopædia Britannica. 14 Apr. 2003 <http://search.eb.com/eb/article?eu=36035>.
[Author's Last Name, First Name.] “Title of Article.” Title of Encyclopedia or Reference Book. Copyright Year. Online Publisher. Date of Visit to Site <URL of article>.
If you need to split a long URL between two lines, break it only after a slash ( / ). Magazine article on the Web (Citation Maker)
Rivlin, Gary. “Leader of the Free World.” Wired 11 November 2003. Wired Magazine. 2003. 17 February 2004 <http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.11/>.
Bohannon, John. “The Human Genome in 3D, at Your Fingertips.” Science 25 October 2002: 737. Science Magazine. 2004. Amer. Assn. for the Advancement of Science. 26 January 2004 <http://www.sciencemag.org/search.dtl>.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine Date of Print Publication: Pages. Title of Site. Date of Online Publication. Name of Sponsoring Organization. Date of Visit to Site <URL of article>.
Newspaper article on the Web (Citation Maker)
Winik, Jay. “A Brief History of the Resistance.” New York Times on the Web 16 December 2003. 17 December 2003 <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/16/opinion/16WINI.html>.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Newspaper Date of Print Publication (if any). Title of Site. Date of Online Publication. Name of Sponsoring Organization (if not already cited) Date of Visit to Site <URL of Article>.
Serialized article from online news service
Mendenhall, Preston. “Afghanistan tests the Taliban.” MSNBC. 22 May 2001. Pt 1 of a series, Pariah Nation: A Journey through Afghanistan. 24 Apr. 2003 <http://www.msnbc.com/news/564807.asp>.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of News Service Date of Publication. [Title of Series.] Date of Visit to Site <URL>. Professional or organizational Web page (Citation Maker)
Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline. Jane Austen Home Page. 30 Mar. 2001. University of Wisconsin. 15 December 2003 <http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/jane/janeausten.htm>
Creator/Author's Last Name, First Name. Title or Description of Page. Date Published or Last Revised. Name of Institution or Organization. Date of Visit to Site <URL>.
Personal Web page (Citation Maker)
Lowe, Wesley. Pro Death Penalty Web Page. Nov. 2001. 22 Oct. 2002 <http://www.wesleylowe.com/cp.html>.
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Page. Date Published or Updated. Date of Visit to Site <URL>.
Images (Citation Maker)
“Galaxy Centaurus A Lithograph.” Online Image. Amazing Space. No date. 14 Dec 2004 <http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/ capture/blackholes/preview-centaurus.php>.
Creator/Artist's Last Name, First Name. “Description or Title of Image.” Online Image. Title of larger site. Date of Online Publication. Date of Visit to Site <URL of Image>.
Sounds (Citation Maker)
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. “Four Freedoms.” Online Sound. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. No date. 14 Apr. 2003 <http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/audio.html>.
Last Name, First Name of Person/Group Recorded. “Description or Title of Sound.” Online Sound. Title of larger site. Date of Online Publication. Date of Visit to Site <URL of Sound>.
Video clips (Citation Maker)
“Planet Quest: the Movie.” Online Video Clip. Planet Quest. No date. 14 Dec 2004 <http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/overview/ pq_launch_page.html>.
Creator/Artist’s Last Name, First Name. “Description or Title of Image.” Online Video Clip. Title of larger site. Date of Online Publication. Date of Visit to Site <URL of Video Clip>.
Electronic mail (e-mail)
Soja, Julie. “Hubble Space Telescope image enhancement techniques.” E-mail to the author. 23 Jan. 1997.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of E-Mail Item.” Description of Message that Includes the Recipient. Date of Message (dd Mmm yyyy).
FTP
Hess, Hanna. “Networking in the Information Age.” 5 Mar. 1996 <ftp://194.335.23.10>.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of FTP Item.” Name of Institution or Sponsoring Organization. Date of Document or Visit to Site <ftp://address, path/filename>.
Citing sources in the internet era is essential to anyone who wishes to maintain a high standard of quality, or avoid charges of plagerism
.The following resources are from the MLA 6th edition on citing of standards.
An electronic copy of the following examples
Printed Citation Examples (based on MLA 6th edition)
Books
Author, none
(The Lottery. London: J. Watts, 1932.
Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Author, one (Citation Maker)
Scieszka, Jon. The Stinky Cheese Man. New York: Viking, 1992.
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Author, anonymous
The Song of Roland. Trans. Frederick Bliss Luquines. New York: Macmillan, 1960.
Title of Book. [Translator (if any).] City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Author, more than one work by the same author
Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun. New York: Random House, 1959.
---. To Be Young, Gifted and Black. Ed. Robert Nemiroff. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1969.
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Authors, two (Citation Maker)
Hopper, Henry, and Peter Gwunn. Fun With Physics. New York: Harper & Row, 1997.
Author1’s Last Name, Author1’s First Name, and Author2’s First Name Author2’s Last Name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Authors, three or more
Adams, Brian, et. al. Encyclopedia of Great Civilizations. New York: Shooting Star Press, 1994.
Author1’s Last Name, Author1’s First Name, et. al. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Corporate authorship
Committee on Research. Reports on Selected Topics. New York: The Academy of Sciences, 1997.
Name of Corporation or Organization. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Chapter of a book
Lowe, Justin. "First Lady Bloopers." Tales of the White House. Ed. Mary Benton. Baltimore: Viking Press, 1996.
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. "Chapter Title." Title of Book. [Editor, if any.] City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Quotation, as quoted in a book
Symington, Stuart. As quoted in Victor Marchetti and John D. Marks. The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence. New York: Knopf, 1974.
Last Name, First Name of person being quoted. As quoted in [Author(s) of book]. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Edition of a book
Keith, Harold. Sports and Games. 6th ed. Scranton, PA: Crowell, 1976.
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title of Book. edition. City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Editor, one (Citation Maker)
Bevington, David, ed. The Complete Works of Shakespeare. 3rd ed. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1980.
Editor’s Last Name, Editor’s First Name, ed. Title of Book. [edition, if any.] City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Editor, two
Sherrod, Jane, and Kurt Singer, eds. Folk Tales of Mexico. Minneapolis, MN: T.S. Denison & Co., 1969.
Editor1’s Last Name, Editor1’s First name, and Editor2’s First Name Editor2’s Last Name, eds. Title of Book. [edition, if any.] City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Editor, three or more
Editors of Time-Life. Ancient Superstitions. Mysteries of the Unknown. New York: Time-Life Inc., 1991.
[Editorial Group.] or [Editor1’s Last Name, Editor1’s First name, et. al., eds.] Title of Book. [edition, if any.] City: Publisher, Copyright Year.
Anthology or Story Collection
Chase, Richard. “Old-Christmas Eve.” Grandfather Tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. 58-60.
Author’s Last Name, Author's First name. "Title of Story." Title of Anthology. City: Publisher, Copyright Year. Pages.
Encyclopedia article with author (Citation Maker)
Gillingham, John. "Norman Conquest." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1998 ed.
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Encyclopedia Title. edition.
Encyclopedia article without author
"Folk Music." Encyclopedia Americana. 1997 ed.
"Title of Article." Encyclopedia Title. edition.
Periodicals
Magazine article
Crickmer, Barry. "Can We Control Spending?" Nation's Business Apr. 1993: 22-24.
"A Long Smoldery Summer?" Science News 21 June 1994: 28-31.
[Author's Last Name, Author's First Name.] "Title of Article." Magazine Title Date of Magazine: Pages.
Newspaper article (Citation Maker)
Bryant, Alice Franklin. "Our Role In The U.N." Letter to the Editor. Oregonian 15 Dec. 1997: B7, cols. 6-7.
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." [if Letter to the Editor, include that information]. Name of Newspaper [City if local and not in Newspaper Name] Date of Newspaper: Section and Page, columns.
SIRS Notebook article (or other loose-leaf collection of articles)
Freedman, Daniel G. "Ethnic Differences in Babies." Human Nature Jan. 1978: 36-43. Ethnic Groups. Ed. Eleanor Goldstein. Vol. 1. Boca Raton: SIRS, 1980. Art. 83.
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Date of Magazine: Pages. [Title of Loose-Leaf Volume in which article is reprinted. Editor (if any), Volume Number (if any). City: Publisher, Year. Article Number.]
First, list the article's original publication information. Then list the publication information for the loose-leaf volume in which the article is reprinted (shown in square brackets).
Electronic Citation Examples (based on MLA 6th edition)
Online Databases These are services that your school or library subscribes to.
Encyclopedia or other reference book article (Citation Maker)
“Chiru.” Funk and Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia. 2002. EBSCO Publishing. Marshfield High School Lib., Coos Bay, OR. 15 Apr. 2003 <http://search.epnet.com/>.
[Author's Last Name, First Name.] “Title of Article.” Title of Encyclopedia or Reference Book. Copyright Year. Service Provider. Subscribing Library or Organization, City, State. Date of Visit to Site <URL of article>.
Magazine or newspaper article (Citation Maker) (or scholarly journal)
Schaller, George B. “Realm of the Snow Antelope.” Natural History May 1996: 48. MAS Ultra – School Edition. EBSCOhost. South Eugene High School Lib., Eugene, OR. 15 Apr. 2003 <http://search.epnet.com/>.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Original Source of Article (magazine or newspaper name) Date of Original Source: Pages. Database Title. Service Provider. Subscribing Library or Organization, City, State. Date of Visit to Site <URL of article>.
If the URL for the article is too long, you can simply give the URL for the database Search page (as in the example above).
Internet
Encyclopedia or other reference book article on the Web (Citation Maker)
“Edison, Thomas Alva.” Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 17 Dec. 2003 <http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/e/edison-t1.asp/>.
“Cambodia.” CIA World Factbook. 1997. Central Intelligence Agency. 12 June 1998 <http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ country-frame.html>.
Edwards, Bruce L. “C.S. Lewis: A Modest Literary Biography.” Online Literary Criticism Collection. Internet Public Library. 14 Apr. 2003 <http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/ref/litcrit/litcrit.out>.
“Fresco Painting.” Encyclopædia Britannica. 2003. Encyclopædia Britannica. 14 Apr. 2003 <http://search.eb.com/eb/article?eu=36035>.
[Author's Last Name, First Name.] “Title of Article.” Title of Encyclopedia or Reference Book. Copyright Year. Online Publisher. Date of Visit to Site <URL of article>.
If you need to split a long URL between two lines, break it only after a slash ( / ).
Magazine article on the Web (Citation Maker)
Rivlin, Gary. “Leader of the Free World.” Wired 11 November 2003. Wired Magazine. 2003. 17 February 2004 <http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.11/>.
Bohannon, John. “The Human Genome in 3D, at Your Fingertips.” Science 25 October 2002: 737. Science Magazine. 2004. Amer. Assn. for the Advancement of Science. 26 January 2004 <http://www.sciencemag.org/search.dtl>.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine Date of Print Publication: Pages. Title of Site. Date of Online Publication. Name of Sponsoring Organization. Date of Visit to Site <URL of article>.
Newspaper article on the Web (Citation Maker)
Winik, Jay. “A Brief History of the Resistance.” New York Times on the Web 16 December 2003. 17 December 2003 <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/16/opinion/16WINI.html>.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Newspaper Date of Print Publication (if any). Title of Site. Date of Online Publication. Name of Sponsoring Organization (if not already cited) Date of Visit to Site <URL of Article>.
Serialized article from online news service
Mendenhall, Preston. “Afghanistan tests the Taliban.” MSNBC. 22 May 2001. Pt 1 of a series, Pariah Nation: A Journey through Afghanistan. 24 Apr. 2003 <http://www.msnbc.com/news/564807.asp>.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of News Service Date of Publication. [Title of Series.] Date of Visit to Site <URL>.
Professional or organizational Web page (Citation Maker)
Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline. Jane Austen Home Page. 30 Mar. 2001. University of Wisconsin. 15 December 2003 <http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/jane/janeausten.htm>
Creator/Author's Last Name, First Name. Title or Description of Page. Date Published or Last Revised. Name of Institution or Organization. Date of Visit to Site <URL>.
Personal Web page (Citation Maker)
Lowe, Wesley. Pro Death Penalty Web Page. Nov. 2001. 22 Oct. 2002 <http://www.wesleylowe.com/cp.html>.
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Page. Date Published or Updated. Date of Visit to Site <URL>.
Images (Citation Maker)
“Galaxy Centaurus A Lithograph.” Online Image. Amazing Space. No date. 14 Dec 2004 <http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/ capture/blackholes/preview-centaurus.php>.
Creator/Artist's Last Name, First Name. “Description or Title of Image.” Online Image. Title of larger site. Date of Online Publication. Date of Visit to Site <URL of Image>.
Sounds (Citation Maker)
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. “Four Freedoms.” Online Sound. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. No date. 14 Apr. 2003 <http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/audio.html>.
Last Name, First Name of Person/Group Recorded. “Description or Title of Sound.” Online Sound. Title of larger site. Date of Online Publication. Date of Visit to Site <URL of Sound>.
Video clips (Citation Maker)
“Planet Quest: the Movie.” Online Video Clip. Planet Quest. No date. 14 Dec 2004 <http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/overview/ pq_launch_page.html>.
Creator/Artist’s Last Name, First Name. “Description or Title of Image.” Online Video Clip. Title of larger site. Date of Online Publication. Date of Visit to Site <URL of Video Clip>.
Electronic mail (e-mail)
Soja, Julie. “Hubble Space Telescope image enhancement techniques.” E-mail to the author. 23 Jan. 1997.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of E-Mail Item.” Description of Message that Includes the Recipient. Date of Message (dd Mmm yyyy).
FTP
Hess, Hanna. “Networking in the Information Age.” 5 Mar. 1996 <ftp://194.335.23.10>.
Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of FTP Item.” Name of Institution or Sponsoring Organization. Date of Document or Visit to Site <ftp://address, path/filename>.
Gopher
U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Agriculture Statistics for 4th Quarter 1995” Jan. 1996 Department of Agriculture/Latest Statistics for 1995/4th Quarter Folder 28 <[[gopher://agri.usda.gov>./|gopher://agri.usda.gov>.]]
Kinyon, John. “India: A Country in Transition.” 5 Oct. 1996 <[[gopher://gopher.india.gov/11/papers/trans>.|gopher://gopher.india.gov:70/11/papers/trans>.]]
Author. “Title of Gopher Item.” Date of Document or Visit to Site gopher://address, path.